Visual Components

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Visual Components

Developer(s)| Visual Components Oy
Initial release| 2000; 25 years ago (2000)
Stable release|

Visual Components 4.10 / November 18, 2024; 8 months ago (2024-11-18) [1]

Operating system| Microsoft Windows
Available in| English, German, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Mandarin (Chinese)
Type| Simulation software
License| Proprietary
Website| visualcomponents.com

Visual Components is a developer of 3D simulation software for manufacturing. Visual Components software is used for applications including layout planning, production simulation, off-line programming and PLC verification.

## History

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Visual Components was founded 1999 in Helsinki, Finland. The company philosophy was to make manufacturing design and simulation technology easy to use and accessible to manufacturing organizations of all sizes.

Visual Components’ first product was a layout configuration and visualization tool for JOT Automation, a Finnish supplier of automated test and assembly solutions. Visual Components and KUKA have since released additional software in the fields of robot simulation, programming and 3D design.[2]

In December 2017, KUKA announced the acquisition of Visual Components. Following the announcement, a statement was made by KUKA that Visual Components remain a hardware neutral simulation platform, and would continue to support and expand its list of robot models, currently 1,200+ models from 30+ robot brands.

In November 2022, it was announced Visual Components had acquired the robotics division of the Espoo-headquartered company, Delfoi - a provider of robot offline programming (OLP) software solutions worldwide.[3] This acquisition led to the development of the Robotics OLP products, which were released in September 2023.[4]

## Release history

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Year  | Product name

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2000  | 3DVideo
2000  | 3DRealize
2003  | 3DRealize R
2004  | 3DCreate
2010  | 3DSimulate
2012  | 3DAutomate
2016  | Visual Components 4.0:

\- Essentials

\- Professional

\- Premium

2023  | Visual Components Robotics OLP:

\- Robotics OLP

\- Professional OLP

\- Premium OLP

## See also

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* Simulation software
* Visualization software
* Discrete event simulation
* List of discrete event simulation software
* Robotics Simulation Software
* Off-line Programming (robotics)
* Programmable Logic Controller
* Industry 4.0
* Automation

## References

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1. ^ "Introducing Visual Components 4.10". Nov 18, 2024.
2. ^ "A world leader in 3D simulation". Visual Components. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
3. ^ "Visual Components acquires Delfoi's robotics division - Machinery Market News". Machinery Market. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
4. ^ "Visual Components: Premiere für innovative Roboter-Programmiersoftware auf der Schweissen & Schneiden". Automationspraxis (in German). 2023-08-29. Retrieved 2024-12-30.